When it is recorded
Jan1,536
Feb1,798
Mar2,428
Apr2,324
May1,924
Jun2,144
Jul2,394
Aug1,916
Sep1,698
Oct1,513
Nov1,408
Dec1,255
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 2,046 | |
| 2 | Powys | Wales | 1,019 | |
| 3 | Cumbria | England | 935 | |
| 4 | Ceredigion | Wales | 919 | |
| 5 | North Yorkshire | England | 908 | |
| 6 | Carmarthenshire | Wales | 837 | |
| 7 | Worcestershire | England | 717 | |
| 8 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 566 | |
| 9 | Gwynedd | Wales | 551 | |
| 10 | Suffolk | England | 494 | |
| 11 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 482 | |
| 12 | Norfolk | England | 468 | |
| 13 | Devon | England | 449 | |
| 14 | Cornwall | England | 443 | |
| 15 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 440 |
11,060 England5,928 Scotland5,798 Wales339 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 23,139
- Peak month
- March
- Counties with records
- 117
- Scientific name
- Dicranum scoparium
- Group
- Mosses
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 23,888
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Powys, Cumbria, Ceredigion, North Yorkshire, Carmarthenshire, Worcestershire, Pembrokeshire, Gwynedd, Suffolk, Perth and Kinross, Norfolk +42
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Bryophyta
- Class
- Bryopsida
- Order
- Dicranales
- Family
- Dicranaceae
- Genus
- Dicranum
- Name with authority
- Dicranum scoparium Hedw.
- Contributing datasets
- 43
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q731278 · GBIF 2675446